white with acidity; very light crop; some splits; gets soft very quickly; inadequate sample size; bruises easily; tasty - juicy and sweet; PIF
Description
Orig. in Bakersfield, Calif., by Oliver P. Blackburn. Introd. in 1935. Plant patent 86; 6 Feb. 1934; assigned to Calif. Nursery Co., Fremont, Calif. Stanwick nectarine x unknown peach. Fruit: large; round-ovate, apex pointed; skin blushed pink to red; flesh white tinged with red, juicy, soft-melting, sweet, aromatic, very good quality; pit size medium, free, some split pits; ripens 3 weeks before Elberta; susceptible to brown rot; resembles Early Wheeler. Tree: vigorous; foliage heavy, leaf with reniform glands; flower nonshowy, size medium; chilling requirement 1050 h.
Key
Evaluations are based on a 1-8 scale (6=OK,7=Commercially acceptable, 8=Excellent)
Size is in inches
Shape: round is assumed, T=tip, P=point, S=suture, OB=oblate, OV=ovate
Pubescence: 10=nectarine
Blush: presented as percentage of ground color cover with red or similar
Freeness: 3=early cling, 8=completely free
Status: 0=discard, 1=keep
Notes: SOS=soft on suture, SOT=soft on tip, RIF=red in flesh, GAS=green around stem
RAP=red around pit, GGC=green ground color, sz=size, wh=white, yt=young tree, CCT=concave tip
Bloom date is when approx. 90% of blooms are open (full bloom)
The description of each variety of peach or nectarine fruit under each group is in different formats as this information is collected from varied sources and hence is not consistent
